Pet Maid

"For twenty years of my life, I was raised as a substitute for my half-sister. Now, I finally have a reason to live. Max Warren, the commander-in-chief of the enemy army, rescued me while I was waiting for the day I would die in a deserted annex. ‘Y-you hugged me. N-no one has ever hugged me like that. I only have you, Master.’ The man who saved me—a mute—and took me in as his maid. That alone was reason enough to love him. But……. It's strange. Didn't I say that being adored by him was enough? Why is my heart racing so, and why does it ache so much? Tears fell drop by drop, wanting to ask if it was because I had become too greedy. “What is the matter?” He cupped my damp cheeks in ...